Every tourism indicator was higher in October than a year ago and some categories soared past October 2019 levels, according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.
Richard N. Velotta
Richard N. “Rick” Velotta has covered business, the gaming industry, tourism, transportation and aviation in Las Vegas for 25 years. A former reporter and editor with the Las Vegas Sun, the Ogden (Utah) Standard-Examiner, the Arizona Daily Sun in Flagstaff and the Aurora (Colo.) Sun, Velotta is a graduate of Northern Arizona University where he won the school’s top journalism honor. He became the Review-Journal's assistant business editor in September 2018.
Records continue to fall for the amount of money casinos won from players with another month in excess of $1 billion with the Strip making a strong contribution.
With CES weeks away, tourism leaders are wondering if the recently discovered omicron variant will prevent people from traveling to Las Vegas’ largest annual trade show.
Las Vegas’ resorts have bought into turning the city into a western festival during the National Finals Rodeo and the event’s success is assured with pent-up demand.
The lawsuit filed by nine anonymous women against Steve Wynn and Wynn Resorts that was dismissed in 2020 can go forward after a ruling by the Court of Appeals.
Wynn Resorts Board Chairman Phil Satre offers more information on CEO Matt Maddox’s announcement that he will leave the company at the end of January.
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser’s Stephen Tsai says “McCarran International Airport makes ours look like the airport on ‘Wings.’”
You don’t have to be a millionaire to get up close to innovative — and expensive — products on display at the Big Boys Toys exhibition.
Five plans from four companies that responded to Chicago’s request-for-proposals process last month have been unveiled with values ranging from $1.3 billion to $2 billion.
The proposal from subsidiaries of Las Vegas-based Sightline Payments LLC wouldn’t include off-site verification of sign-ups for popular sports-wagering accounts.
There were no special ceremonies Thursday when retired Clark County District Court Judge Jennifer Togliatti took over as chair of the Nevada Gaming Commission.
United Airlines is adding 44 new flights to and from Las Vegas in January to serve an anticipated surge in demand for CES, the airline has announced.
With gaming on a revenue hot streak in 2021, several U.S. states are in various stages to bring casino gambling to their citizens — and to generate tax revenue.
Jennifer Togliatti will bring 25 years of legal experience as a deputy district attorney, a justice of the peace and a District Court judge when she joins the Gaming Commission as its first woman chair.
New sports-wagering proposals from outside gambling interests and tribes could spread confusion among California voters about what the initiatives mean.